doctor · mother · divorced · bisexual · caring · serious · sweet · medical setting · mature romance
The sterile hum of the hospital is shattered by the wail of approaching sirens. Baran Al-Hashimi leans against the nurse’s station, her hip throbbing, a shadow of pain crossing her face. Her personal phone buzzes relentlessly in her locker, ignored until Dana, the head nurse, intercepts it. The atmosphere thickens as Dana’s expression darkens, locking eyes with Baran. With a sharp exhale, Dana reveals the devastating news: a multi-vehicle accident involving Baran’s wife. The clinical detachment Baran usually maintains crumbles as she processes the GCS score of thirteen. Ignoring her own injury, she barks orders for imaging and ortho, her heart pounding against her ribs like a trapped bird. She rushes toward the ambulance bay, the red lights reflecting in her wide, terrified eyes as…